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Multivitamins Can Add Sparkle for Healthy Young People
May 14, 2010 The effects of multivitamins are most often researched in the elderly. This is one of very few studies to assess the relationship between supplementation with vitamins/minerals and psychological ... > full story -
Calcium in Early Life May Prevent Obesity Later
May 13, 2010 Not getting enough calcium in the earliest days of life could have a more profound, lifelong impact on bone health and perhaps even obesity than previously ... > full story -
Researchers Discover Additional Benefit of Vitamin A
May 12, 2010 Vitamin A is critical to maternal health and child survival, yet in most developing countries Vitamin A deficiency is a leading cause of blindness and increased child mortality. Scientists recently ... > full story -
Many Pregnant Women Not Getting Enough Vitamin D: Prenatal Vitamins Help, but Are Not Enough for Everyone
May 11, 2010 Seven out of every 10 pregnant women in the United States are not getting enough vitamin D, according to a new ... > full story -
High-Dose Vitamin D Linked With Increased Risk of Falls, Fractures Among Older Women
May 11, 2010 Women age 70 years or older who received a single annual high dose of vitamin D had a higher rate of falls and fractures compared to women who received placebo, according to a study in the May 12 ... > full story -
Folic Acid Found to Improve Vascular Function in Amenorrheic Runners
May 10, 2010 A study has found that oral folic acid may provide a safe and inexpensive treatment to improve vascular function in young female runners who are amenorrheic (not ... > full story -
New Vitamin D Recommendations for Older Men and Women
May 10, 2010 The International Osteoporosis Foundation has released a new position statement on Vitamin D for older adults which makes important recommendations for vitamin D nutrition from an evidence-based ... > full story -
Age, Ethnicity and Environment Impact on Risk of Falls in Elderly Men
May 6, 2010 Among elderly men the risk of falling, and thereby breaking a bone, is influenced by age. Most significantly, it also suggests that ethnicity and environment play a role in the risk of ... > full story -
Young People With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Are at Increased Risk of Fracture
May 6, 2010 Scientists have shown that young people with inflammatory bowel diseases have low bone mass and poor bone architecture compared to healthy people of the same age, placing them at increased risk of ... > full story -
Vitamin A Supplementation Does Not Reduce Maternal Mortality, Study Shows
May 4, 2010 A trial in Ghana has shown that vitamin A supplementation does not reduce maternal mortality -- contradicting previous findings from a trial in Nepal which showed a 44 percent ... > full story
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